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Grants paid by Ascendium Education Solutions Inc, tax year 2020

EIN 39-1853833 · Madison, WI · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE B82Z

In tax year 2020, Ascendium Education Solutions Inc (EIN 39-1853833) reported 149 grants paid totaling $100,067,488. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Grants reported by Ascendium Education Solutions Inc for tax year 2020
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2020	Strada Education Network Inc Indianapolis, IN	A	$63,929,683	paid	support their philanthropic efforts pursuant to the December 6, 2016 transfer of ownership of United Student Aid Funds and Northwest Education Loan Association from USA Funds (now Strada) to Ascendium.	202132429349300648
2020	Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC	A	$1,828,281	paid	Researching and Awarding Excellence in Rural Community Colleges, Tackling Transfer Phase II, Student-Centered Credit Mobility Prototype and Policies - COVID-19 Response Fund	202132429349300648
2020	Education Commission of the States Denver, CO	A	$1,771,875	paid	Rural Perspective and Opinions on Work, Education and Place, Strong Start to Finish Implementation & Innovation Fund	202132429349300648
2020	Achieving the Dream Inc Silver Spring, MD	A	$1,756,906	paid	Student Success Partner Grant, Evaluating Digital Pathways Transformation Cohort of Rural Community Colleges, Maintain Momentum: Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks	202132429349300648
2020	American Assoc of State Colleges and Universities Washington, DC	A	$1,666,060	paid	Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks	202132429349300648
2020	Mdrc New York, NY	A	$1,648,674	paid	Rural Matters Podcast, Strengthen and Scale Multiple Measures Assessment Implementation, Applying the Evidence: Expanding Evidence-Based Strategies Across the Minnesota State System, Multiple Measures Assessment Phase II, Piloting an Income Share Agreement that Serves Low-Income Students	202132429349300648
2020	Association of American Colleges & Universities Washington, DC	A	$1,249,400	paid	Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks	202132429349300648
2020	National Association of College and University Bus Washington, DC	A	$1,158,588	paid	Strategic Finance and Student Completion Planning Grant	202132429349300648
2020	United Negro College Fund Inc Washington, DC	A	$880,774	paid	Codifying Career Pathways Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Teachers College New York, NY	A	$860,587	paid	Sponsored Practitioner Fellowships, Guided Pathways: What and How To Educational Series	202132429349300648
2020	National Student Clearinghouse Research Ctr Herndon, VA	A	$804,800	paid	Redesigning StudentTracker, Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Transfer Data - COVID-19 Response Fu	202132429349300648
2020	Education Design Lab Washington, DC	A	$744,125	paid	Catalyzing Rural Community Colleges Through a Design Challenge	202132429349300648
2020	State of Minnesota St Paul, MN	U	$694,888	paid	Career Navigator Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Jobs for the Future Inc Boston, MA	A	$679,561	paid	Donated Registration COVID-19 Response Plan, Horizons: Designing Jobs for the Future, Scaling the Student Success Center Network Coaching Program	202132429349300648
2020	Iowa Department of Education Des Moines, IA	U	$650,288	paid	Guided Pathways Implementation in Iowa's Community Colleges	202132429349300648
2020	Kentucky Community and Technical College Foundatio Versaillews, KY	A	$579,815	paid	Implementing Competency-Based Education at Scale	202132429349300648
2020	College Possible St Paul, MN	A	$570,000	paid	Milwaukee & Minnesota:High School & College Programming	202132429349300648
2020	Vera Institute for Justice Inc New York, NY	A	$550,000	paid	Unlocking the Promise of Pell for Students in Prison	202132429349300648
2020	State of Montana Helena, MT	U	$500,000	paid	College Access & Success Services	202132429349300648
2020	Institute for Evidence Based Change Long Beach, CA	A	$500,000	paid	Caring Campus	202132429349300648
2020	Madison Metropolitan School District Madison, WI	U	$500,000	paid	Early College STEM Academy	202132429349300648
2020	American Association of Community Colleges Washington, DC	A	$486,835	paid	Equity Transfer Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Community Partners Los Angeles, CA	A	$485,000	paid	Higher Education in Prison Landscape Project Alliance for Higher Education in Prison Capacity Building	202132429349300648
2020	John N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergr Brevard, NC	A	$451,890	paid	Governing Board Success Academy	202132429349300648
2020	Council for Adult and Experimental Learning Chicago, IL	A	$442,506	paid	Adult Learner 360 Academy - Hispanic Serving Institutions	202132429349300648
2020	Arizona State Univ Foundatn for a New American Uni Tempe, AZ	A	$436,250	paid	Grant, Maintain Momentum: Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks	202132429349300648
2020	National Center for Inquiry and Improvement LLC Southbury, CT	A	$432,500	paid	Rural Community College COVID Response and Guided Pathways Planning Grant	202132429349300648
2020	The Education Trust Inc Washington, DC	A	$407,500	paid	Transforming Higher Education Policy and Practice in Prisons and Beyond	202132429349300648
2020	Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York, NY	A	$380,387	paid	Building Pathways to Quality Jobs and Financial Security in Rural America	202132429349300648
2020	University of Wisconsin System Madison, WI	A	$377,000	paid	Math Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Education Strategy Group LLC Chevy Chase, MD	A	$375,000	paid	Accelerating Recovery through Credentials	202132429349300648
2020	Coleridge Initiative Inc Chevy Chase, MD	A	$375,000	paid	Supporting a Multi-State Education-Workforce Data Infrastructure	202132429349300648
2020	Philanthropy West Virgina Inc Morgantown, WV	A	$375,000	paid	Launching West Virginia Climbs	202132429349300648
2020	Rand Corporation Santa Monica, CA	A	$344,317	paid	Career Navigator Initiative, Assessing the Pandemic's Impact on Postsecondary Education in Prison, Career Navigator Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	The College & Community Fellowship Inc New York, NY	A	$331,670	paid	Thrive Technical Assistance Program	202132429349300648
2020	University of Hawaii Foundation Honolulu, HI	A	$328,000	paid	Hana Career Pathways in Healthcare	202132429349300648
2020	Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities Washington, DC	A	$324,300	paid	facilitating Career Pathways for Low-Income Rural Students: Cooperative Extension as a Community Connector	202132429349300648
2020	The Launchcode Foundation St Louis, MO	A	$321,900	paid	Preparing Incarcerated Learners for Careers in Technology	202132429349300648
2020	Prison University Project Inc San Quentin, CA	A	$319,550	paid	Teaching and Learning Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Ithaka Harbors Inc New York, NY	A	$280,000	paid	Increasing Access to Educational Materials in Prisons: Facilitating the Approvals Process	202132429349300648
2020	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	A	$275,275	paid	Community College Doctoral Program Redesign	202132429349300648
2020	The Graduate Network Philadelphia, PA	A	$260,000	paid	Constructing a Predictive Analytic Model to Adult Learner Pathways	202132429349300648
2020	Operation Restoration New Orleans, LA	A	$250,000	paid	Expanding Access to Postsecondary Pathways in Louisiana State Prisons	202132429349300648
2020	Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY	A	$250,000	paid	Expansion of the Promise Ecosystem Initiative and Employer Symposiums	202132429349300648
2020	Presidents Forum Washington, DC	A	$250,000	paid	Reinventing Higher Education Convening Series	202132429349300648
2020	State Higher Education Executive Officers Associat Boulder, CO	A	$250,000	paid	Digital Learning Task Force and Policy Recommendations	202132429349300648
2020	Digital Promise Global Washington, DC	A	$249,200	paid	Exploring the Role of Micro-credentials in Rural Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training Programs	202132429349300648
2020	The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc Washington, DC	A	$230,684	paid	Chronicle Partnership	202132429349300648
2020	Tennessee Board of Regents Nashville, TN	A	$225,000	paid	Pathways to Success for Students with Some College No Degree	202132429349300648
2020	Michigan Community College Association Lansing, MI	A	$223,500	paid	Michigan Community College Workforce and Transfer Alignment	202132429349300648
2020	Az Board of Regents On Behalf of Az State Univ Tempe, AZ	A	$219,374	paid	Arizona State University Local: California	202132429349300648
2020	Delaware State University Foundation Inc Dover, DE	A	$216,200	paid	HBCU Degree Completion Pilot	202132429349300648
2020	Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WI	A	$210,990	paid	TOPS Program support	202132429349300648
2020	Excelencia in Education Washington, DC	A	$204,500	paid	Institutional Transformation in Puerto Rico: Lessons Learned in Resiliency, Celebracin de Excelencia and Accelerating Latino Student Success Institute	202132429349300648
2020	United Way of Dane County Madison, WI	A	$197,000	paid	Sponsorship of Loaned Executive, Unite for our communities Matching Grant Contribution, COVID-19 Emergency and Recovery Fund	202132429349300648
2020	Board of Regents of UW System Madison, WI	A	$191,765	paid	College and Student Success in Rural Communities	202132429349300648
2020	Nonviolence Institute Providence, RI	A	$185,639	paid	Credit for Experience: Leveraging Prior Learning Assessments in Prison	202132429349300648
2020	National College Attainment Network Washington, DC	A	$184,230	paid	25th Conf Sponsorship Supporting education membership organizations; summer melt texting	202132429349300648
2020	New America Foundation Washington, DC	A	$182,200	paid	Scaling Community College Baccalaureates in a Changing Landscape	202132429349300648
2020	Social Finance Inc Boston, MA	A	$180,000	paid	Improving Workforce Outcomes for Community College Students	202132429349300648
2020	Minnesota Office of Higher Education St Paul, MN	U	$150,000	paid	Optimizing Delivery Systems for Higher Education in Prison	202132429349300648
2020	America Achieves Inc New York, NY	A	$150,000	paid	Scaling Education to Employment Solutions	202132429349300648
2020	Asian & Pacific Islander American Sholarship Fund Washingston, DC	A	$144,400	paid	Supporting Rural Island-Based Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students	202132429349300648
2020	Education Writers Association Washington, DC	A	$135,000	paid	Supporting Postsecondary Education Writers and Coverage	202132429349300648
2020	American Foreign Policy Council Washingston, DC	A	$125,000	paid	Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	A	$125,000	paid	National Virtual Professional Learning Series for Math Faculty - COVID-19 Response Fund	202132429349300648
2020	University of Montana Missouka, MT	A	$123,649	paid	Researching Place-based Learning Experiences' Impact on Rural Postsecondary Learners	202132429349300648
2020	Sova Solutions LLC Potomac, MD	A	$120,000	paid	Developing a National Rural Postsecondary Research Agenda	202132429349300648
2020	Unite-la Inc Los Angeles, CA	A	$115,400	paid	The Future of Associates Degree for Transfer in LA	202132429349300648
2020	Dine College Tsaile, AZ	A	$104,718	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Harris-Stowe State University St Louis, MO	A	$104,718	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Oglala Lakota College Kyle, SD	A	$104,718	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, AR	A	$101,668	paid	Emergency Aid Paid Internship Programs	202132429349300648
2020	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	A	$98,369	paid	Opportunities in Building and Applying Evidence for Student Success	202132429349300648
2020	Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO	A	$87,298	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Institute for Nonprofit News Los Angeles, CA	A	$84,950	paid	Distance Learning in Prisons Amidst the Pandemic	202132429349300648
2020	Central State University Wilberforce, OH	A	$83,473	paid	Emergency Aid, Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	A	$80,300	paid	Career Advising Tools and Outreach for Low-Income Graduates - Planning Phase	202132429349300648
2020	Grantmakers for Education Portland, OR	A	$79,700	paid	ED Conf and Mmbrshp	202132429349300648
2020	Institute for Higher Education Policy Washington, DC	A	$77,895	paid	Degrees When Due Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Philander Smith College Little Rock, AR	A	$77,184	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Paid Internship Programs	202132429349300648
2020	Wested San Francisco, CA	A	$73,521	paid	Project Success Partner Grant 2020 - 2022	202132429349300648
2020	Bay Mills Community College Brimley, MI	A	$66,950	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Salish Kootenai College Inc Pablo, MT	A	$66,950	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Shorter College North Little Rock, AR	A	$66,950	paid	Project Success emergency Aid Paid Internship programs	202132429349300648
2020	Institute of American Indian Arts Sante Fe, NM	A	$66,950	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Northwest Indian College Bellingham, WA	A	$66,950	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, KS	A	$66,950	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College St Paul, MN	A	$63,251	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Thurgood Marshall College Funds Inc Washington, DC	A	$63,250	paid	HBCU Degree Completion Pilot	202132429349300648
2020	Navajo Technical University Crownpoint, MN	A	$62,348	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Turtle Mountain Community College Belcourt, ND	A	$61,927	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Vera Court Neighborood Center Inc Madison, WI	A	$55,611	paid	Unite for our communities corporate match	202132429349300648
2020	Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Lincoln University, PA	A	$54,200	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	YWCA Madison Inc Madison, WI	A	$50,000	paid	Madison Racial Justice Donation	202132429349300648
2020	Freedom Inc Madison, WI	A	$50,000	paid	Madison Racial Justice Donation	202132429349300648
2020	Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc Milwsukee, WI	A	$50,000	paid	Expansion of the Tech College Student Legal Aid Program- Initial Payment Expansion of the Tech College Student Legal Aid Program- Satisfactory Progress of the Project Milestones for Objective 1 & 2	202132429349300648
2020	Madison Area Tech College Foundation Inc Madison, WI	A	$50,000	paid	Madison College Stand by Jack Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Urban Triage Inc Madison, WI	A	$50,000	paid	Madison Racial Justice Donation	202132429349300648
2020	Foundation for Black Womens Wellness Madison, WI	A	$50,000	paid	Madison Racial Justice Donation	202132429349300648
2020	Wisconsin School Counselor Assoc Madison, WI	A	$48,495	paid	WSCA Conference Fellowships, Text Steps Summer Melt Texting-WSCA Travel Grants	202132429349300648
2020	Keweenay Bay Oijbwa Community College Baraga, MI	A	$44,634	paid	Emergency Aid Program and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Totten, ND	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program	202132429349300648
2020	Blackfeet Community College Browning, MT	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College Hayward, WI	A	$44,634	paid	PS Emergency Aid Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Aaniiih Nakoda College Harlem, MT	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Programs	202132429349300648
2020	Nebraska Indian Community College Macy, NE	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	College of the Muscogee Nation Okmulgee, OK	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Leech Lake Tribal College Cass Lake, MN	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College New Town, ND	A	$44,634	paid	Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	White Earth Tribal & Community College Mahnomen, MN	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Red Lake Nation College Red Lake, MN	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Stone Child College Box Elder, MT	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquergue, NM	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Little Priest Tribal College Winnebago, NE	A	$44,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	United Tribes Technical College Bismark, ND	A	$43,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	College of Menominee Nation Keshena, WI	A	$43,484	paid	Emergency Aid, Paid Internship	202132429349300648
2020	Yes We Must Coalition Wayland, MA	A	$40,000	paid	Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations	202132429349300648
2020	Sitting Bull College Fort Yates, ND	A	$38,559	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Wilberforce University Wilberforce, OH	A	$37,722	paid	Emergency Aid, Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Sisseton Wahpeton College Agency Village, SD	A	$34,634	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Ilisagvik College Barrow, AK	A	$34,334	paid	Project Success Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Tohono O'odham Community College Sells, AZ	A	$34,232	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Society for Research On Educational Effectiveness Washington, DC	A	$34,000	paid	Ascendium-Sponsored Practitioner Fellowships, SREE Spring Conference	202132429349300648
2020	Chief Dull Knife College Lame Deer, MT	A	$31,082	paid	Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Little Big Horn College Crow Agency, MT	A	$30,832	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	Dvp-Praxis Ltd Indianapolis, IN	A	$28,000	paid	Evaluation of Veterans Credentialing Pilot Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Berea College Berea, KY	A	$25,450	paid	Conf Reg for Board Member, Rural College Access & Success Summit- COVID-19 Response Plan	202132429349300648
2020	Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Washington, DC	A	$20,550	paid	Donated Registrations COVID-19 Response Plan	202132429349300648
2020	Sheboygan Area School District Sheboygan, WI	U	$19,200	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	School District of Lacrosse Lacrosse, WI	U	$19,200	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Green Bay Area Public Schools Green Bay, WI	U	$19,200	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Peirce College Philadelphia, PA	A	$16,700	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648
2020	School District of Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Rapids, WI	U	$16,200	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Adams-Friendship Area School District Friendship, WI	U	$15,925	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	St Francis School District St Francis, WI	U	$15,925	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	School District of South Milwaukee South Milwaukee, WI	U	$15,925	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Watertown Unified School District Watertown, WI	U	$15,925	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	School District of Monroe Monroe, WI	U	$15,925	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Unified School Disctrict of Antigo Antigo, WI	A	$15,925	paid	Summer Melt Texting Initiative	202132429349300648
2020	Northeast South Dakota Head Start Aberdeen, SD	A	$14,465	paid	Unite for Our Communities Matching Grant	202132429349300648
2020	Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville Noblesville, IN	A	$11,397	paid	Unite for our Communities matching program	202132429349300648
2020	Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Mt Pleasant, MI	A	$10,300	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program	202132429349300648
2020	Fort Peck Community College Poplar, MT	A	$10,300	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program	202132429349300648
2020	Scholarship America Inc St Peter, MN	A	$10,200	paid	PS Ptnr Grant 2020-2022	202132429349300648
2020	Council for Opportunity in Education Washington, DC	A	$10,000	paid	COE's 39th Ann Conf	202132429349300648
2020	Association of Black Foundation Executivesinc New York, NY	A	$10,000	paid	Membership	202132429349300648
2020	Peak Grantmaking Washington, DC	A	$6,027	paid	Donated Sponsorship and Registrations COVID-19 Response Plan PEAK Grantmaking Membership	202132429349300648
2020	Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY	A	$5,150	paid	Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program	202132429349300648

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